Car-door device



W. E. WINE.

GAR DOOR DEVICE. APPLICAHON FILED JULY 25. I922.

1,436,927. Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

"3 1 U n m E a! a 3 t 5 i 1i x @v 5 i L WILLIAM E- Wm:

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Toallwkomitmyoonoem: Be it known that I, Wr'rmn E. Write, a citizen of the United States, at

Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Door '01, which the followin is a'specification.

Thisinvention re tea tea door device for railway cars or the like, and has for its object to provide an improved m whereby the door may be forced shut, and also whereby the door may be held inclose position without slippage. The invention consists of the formation, combination an arrangement of parts .as will be herein described and particularly claimed. In the accompan in drawings, which show alpreferred em out of the invention, 1 is a fragmentary side elevatronal new, show' a portion of a railwa car hav ng a door evice applied thereto, t e same constructed in accordance with 'the. principles of the present invention. Figure 2 1s a fragmentary end elevational view of the same. Figure 3 is a fragmentary horizontal cross sectional view taken throughthe door and the adjacent portions of the car body,

takenl-substantially'on the gure 2.

this view bein line 31-3 of F1 Referring to these drawings, theside of the numeral 1, the

the, car is denoted b portion of the car si e indicated be the side plate at the lowermost portion 0 the chute in the ordinary twin hopper type of car construction, which type oi construche art. The floor or chute plate is shown at 2-, and ,at 3 is ind cated' a reinforcin an le iron such as is freqliliently sup li to st fien' the lower edge of t e-chute p ate. A brace 4 may be supp}ied for tying he side plate 1 to the chute ate 2.

p The discharge opening is defined by the edges of the side plates such as 1 and the edge of the chute plate 2 and is normally closed by means of a doorsuch as 5, whic faces substantially against the e es of the discharge opening when in cloe posit1on. This door is shown as lying in a slightly-inclined position. The position of the door,

however, is not of importance in the present invention other than the invenion 18 best applicable to doors which he in a enerally vertical plane. The hinge pointso the door are usually located along the uppermost edge of the discharge'opeuing and near the echanismwhich the face of the door 5 ma d only to streliligizlhep1 the door,

eperate wit t e ange portion side to form a sealing means for preventing be utilized for ailixing th 1 the tor t tome pp edge of the door. The are not ilitias in the drawing, as thesemay be of any e or constructlon.

The of thelside plate 1 ad'acent the dtschar opening is preferabl o t in'an 'outwa direction as at 6, an is then bent back to lie in a plane parallel with the general lane, of the car side as at 7, but ,re-

move slightly therefrom. -By this means,

a shoulder 8 is formed, against seat. A 9 is also prefer-ab y formed of the door, not

but also to co- 7 of the car upon the present edge loss of hiding.-

The door 1133 be closed by hand, a door? supporting h 10 being'provided to hold the door. n closed position. Th1S hook has a prelim nary supcporting ledge 11 and a final supporting le 12.- The hook is pivoted to the car si e at 13, and a dog 14 may be supplied for preventingaccidental disengagement of the book. A plate or ho 15 nay-be sup lied to overlie the dog an, the hook, and rivets such as 16 may 886 parts to the car body, .The hook 10 is arranged to swing along the outer'side of the flange 7 of the car side, it being suitably spaced away from glpneral plane of the car side 1 to allow e ofiset in the side plate at 6.

The door may be supplied with the cusdoor spreader such as the channel 17, w ch extends horiaoi-ltallfii outer face of the door and is-a xed thereto as by means of rivets 18. This door spreader may extend somewhat'beyond the end of the door-and must then be'ooped out at the end, as at 19, to' allow it to use beyond the outturned flange 9 of the cor and beyond the flange 7 of the car side. There .is referably secured to the-outermost end 0 the door s reader 7 an an le iron '20, which extends a cup; the end of e spreader in a horizontal direction and is riveted to the door spreader by means of the'rivets 21,.and to the door p ate by means of the rivets 22. The angle iron 20 thus affixed to the spreader and to the door serves with the end of the spreader as a door-supporting arm, suitable for doorsupporting engagement with the hook 10. The rip-standing leg 23 of the angle iron, where it extends beyond the lines o the car side. is arranged for engagement with either across the theledge 11 or the ledge 12 of the hoolrm' to support the door in partly or fully closed posit1ons.- The hook is arr fall gravity into engaging position w th this 5 angle iron or door arm 20,,so that it is the pereferable construction that the hook shell with the en porting. ledges h thereof on the lower e o the hook.

The severe service an abuse to which such doors are subjected frequently causes the various operating parts to become somewhat di'sarranged. Particnlarl has there. been trouble experienced with core of this character slipgingdownward away from the hinge pint es ortoward'the rail. With a doormpporting hook, such ae-is shown and described in the drawings, and particularly where tlieed hook isharranl gegdggitl el'zslliehsu rtmg 5011 9 CV78! 0 8 00 his sllppag sometimes becomes serious, as it allows the door to creep from engagement with the hook, and the jarring in transit of the car sometimes permits the hook to creep u' slightl if-there is any clearance between tlib do 11 and the bucket the book. These twc'ac ions sometimes result in disengagement of the hook and the consequences are serious, as a lading, such as lum 0031, if discha on the track while t a car is in of the same is arranged just beneat the line of swing of the door arm so that it is arranged to form a for the door arm; in the present instance being d protruding end of the door spreader 1 he upper outermost corner of the bracket 24 is chamfered as indicated at 26, in order to form an approach plane whereby the door arm will be Icaused to ride u into pro or position upon t 0 upper e oi the bracket 24. A hole 27 may be vided in the bracket 24 which may be used for the insertion of a lever or other tool to force the door entirely closed or from osi-- tion upon the prellmln ledge 11 o the hook to position upon t e final ledge 12 thereof. t

When the door is closed, with the end of the spreader 17 resting upon the up or edge of the bracket 24, and t e ledge 1 of he discharge opening therein, a door hin transit, may cause derailment or wreck. It

positive abutment or guide 3 A meets:

hook 10 in engegem' out behind the ledge 23 of the door arm' angle, andewith the pawl 14 driven into proper engagement Wlth the backoftheh' k,1twillbeeeenthatslippage of the door is prevented and by preventing as the door from slacking down'away from the tad, of thahootlzu ward is preven as -arrest1ng 0 action, in practice, the or isperevented 7 Having thus descrl d my invention what 701 i i 'i h a h i raiwaycar avmga o'or i dto the car bod a door-supporting hook a oted to the car dy, an arm secured to t e door and extending outwardly therefi'om beyond '75 an edge of the same, said arm be arranged for meat with the said hue and an abutment secured to'the carbody,-the.same being formed and located ina manner to engage the said arm tov arrest the door so against slippage away from the hingededge thereof. Y

'2. A railway car having a chute with a god to the car along an edge. of the dischar e o nas inga-nd'arrali ed to face against t e edges of the chute w en closed, the door lying in substantially a vertical plane, with the hinges thereof disposed along-the uppermost edge of the door and of the dischar opening, a door-supporting hook pivote tothe car Body and a coengaging arm secured to the door, the same exten ing outwardly from the door beyond one side thereof, and means cooperating between the car body and the as said door arm for preventing the door from dropping away from the hinged edge thereof, the same embodying a bracket secured to the side of the car and overlying the edge of the doom-beneath the said door arm, said bracket being formed ilsoas" a fulcrum to receive a door-prying lever.

railway car having a chute with a discharge opening therein, a door to the car alo the upper edgiof the disc arge I05 opemn an disposed sub ntially in a vertlcal p ane, an arm secured to the door and extending horizontally outward therefrom beyond one side of the door, a hook pivoted upon the car body and arranged for cooperation with thesud'arm to hold the door in closed position, and a-guide bracket secured to the side of the car, the same extending along an. edge of the door and beneath the line of swing of the said door arm and ar- 00k, creeps ranged to supportmgl' y eng the said arm when the door iszln clo position in a WILLIAM E E. 

